10 Video Games Based On Movies That Everyone Forgets About

10 Video Games Based On Movies That Everyone Forgets About

Video games and movies don’t tend to jive all that well, and these 10 oddball adaptations have been forgotten by all but the most dedicated gamers.

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Movie-licensed games have gone down in history as being either total masterpieces or complete flaming messes, and many developers are tasked with creating a game out of movies that may not even feature adaptable stories or sequences and are forced to make up stuff along the way. Some have had much more to work with than others, containing memorable characters and action-packed scenes that just scream to be played in a game.

The movie industry and game industry are two completely different entities, and the cause and effect of some of these adaptations have made players raise their eyebrows in surprise—and then shake their head in shame at the clear cash grabs that some turned out to be. Thankfully, some have gone on to become fun games in their own right and even overshadow aspects of the films they are based on.

10 Batman Returns

In the much darker and violent sequel to 1989’s Batman, Tim Burton upped the gothic feel and unchained chaos that he brought to the original. Konami, the developers behind several classic licensed beat-em-ups of the 90s, released this game on a handful of consoles, but the Super Nintendo version reigned supreme.

The large characters sprites, unique enemy variants, and colorful graphics and design laid the groundwork for addicting and action-packed gameplay. The game’s story followed the movie quite closely, adding in a few enemies as level bosses, with music, dialogue, and stills taken directly from the movie to make it feel even more like a companion to the classic film.

9 Die Hard Trilogy

Many fans of this film series like to refer to the movies as only being a trilogy, and this mid-90s game released on the PlayStation, Sega Saturn, and Windows platforms was only one of the many Die Hard games to come out that was solely based on the storylines of the movies.

Each movie had it’s own “game” in Die Hard Trilogy, with the original film being a third-person shooter taking place in Nakatomi Plaza, Die Hard 2 being an on-rails shooter occurring at Dulles Airport, and Die Hard With A Vengeance existing as a vehicle-based racing game where players speed around New York City in taxis, police cars, and more, causing vehicular chaos. The music and voice clips alone are hilarious and a great snapshot of early 3D gaming.

8 Minority Report

The 2003 Steven Spielberg film of the same name starring Tom Cruise is a sci-fi action film, but it’s not mainly remembered for furious fisticuffs, flying back kicks, and chucking bad guys onto hot stoves and through glass windows. Thankfully, the game released for the Nintendo GameCube, Xbox, and PlayStation 2 covers those bases by making the game a level-based 3D beat-em-up containing weapon combat, tons of combos and grapple moves, and destructible environments complete with ragdoll physics.

Minority Report was way more entertaining than it had any right to be, and the joys of taking out a group of enemies by chucking a ragdoll enemy over a railing into them made for hours of entertainment alone.

7 Mission: Impossible

Another Tom Cruise movie that got a video game adaptation, the game took some elements from the film while creating other levels and characters strictly for the game. Clearly taking influence from Goldeneye 007, the Nintendo 64 game offered multiple objectives, tons of gadgets, and stealthy action in various open and linear levels.

It did not make the same splash that Goldeneye did, with the controls being quite sluggish, the shooting mechanics clumsy, and the overall look of the game feeling very dated, even by games released before it. The party level where players are tasked with poisoning a drink, stealing an identity, and avoiding an assassin remains a highlight.

6 Tomorrow Never Dies

Speaking of successful James Bond video games, Tomorrow Never Dies sadly is not a member of that club. Sandwiched directly between two amazing Bond games released on the Nintendo 64, Tomorrow Never Dies was a PlayStation exclusive, switching up the first-person shooting angle for a third-person action/stealth element.

The reason this game is easily forgotten is because of how shallow it felt compared to its successful N64 predecessor. The music didn’t have the same catchy and iconic sound, and it lacked any sort of multiplayer component whatsoever. It’s worth a look to see just how much they missed the mark with this one, especially compared to its prodecessors.

5 True Lies

A true staple of 90s action filmmaking that somehow always seemed to be playing on cable television during the weekend, True Lies was Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, and James Cameron at their hilarious and explosive best. The movie is a thrill ride of action-packed set-pieces and gut-busting laughs, so, naturally, publishers Acclaim Entertainment saw it as necessary to release a cartoonish and uninspired adaptation for just about every main home console at the time in 1994.

The gameplay feels similar to the classic Zombies Ate My Neighbours where players run-and-gun their way through multi-directional levels filled with enemies, hostages, and weapons. It feels very much like a game that players would rent for a week at their local supermarket and then be bored within a few hours due to how repetitive it is.

4 Saw

The violent horror movie series that has gotten more sequels than anyone ever thought it would get received an oddball adaptation for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Windows in 2009, coinciding with the sixth installment of the films in theatres. The game featured an original storyline, but it borrowed a few characters and moments featured in the films.

It primarily consisted of players avoiding crazed inmates in an asylum while avoiding and solving deadly traps and puzzles, many of which can result in gruesome death animations. The game of course features the series-defining “morality traps” where players must help a person in a life-or-death scenario that, more often than not, will result in their gory demise. Overall, the game was hard to see in dark environments, and the clunky combat and frustrating puzzles didn’t help to impress players.

3 Fight Club

Who would’ve thought the cerebral, dark comedy David Fincher movie, itself an adaptation of a novel written by Chuck Palahniuk, would get a brainless fighting game adaptation on the PlayStation 2 and Xbox five years after its film release.

Not much needs to be said about this painfully mediocre game. The film is about so much more than just bare-knuckle fighting, but, clearly, that is all ignored in this sad cash grab. To make matters worse—or better?—you can even unlock Limp Bizkit singer Fred Durst as a playable character. This game may just make players want to break stuff.

2 Blade 2

Blade 2 was a gloriously entertaining sequel to the original, containing magnificent creature effects, stylized early-00’s action sequences, and great direction by Guillermo del Toro. It was only fitting that a clunky third-person action game was released for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox, containing a plot that confusingly took place after the events of the movie.

Bloody beat-em-up combat and shooting was the brunt of the gameplay, and the game featured an innovative feature that allowed players to aim their moves in several directions with the flick of the control stick, almost predating the combat that would become very popular years later with the Batman Arkham games.

1 Watchmen: The End Is Nigh

Releasing in an episodic format, the first part of this game was released to coincide with the 2007 Zack Snyder adaptation, with the second part releasing months later, both as downloadable games on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Windows.

Consisting of only two playable characters, Rorschach and Nite Owl, the game was a bare-bones single or cooperatively played beat-em-up that felt like it only existed to boost movie ticket sales. It contained an original story that took place before the main events of the movie, but it still felt like an uninteresting plot that was only padded by button-mashing combat and boring puzzles. Only hardcore fans of Watchmen should seek this one out.

Link Source : https://screenrant.com/forgotten-movie-video-games/

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